Regulations Australia Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Barrenjoey Head
Climbing
Regulations on 30 October 2026
Signs at the site and later resolutions prevail; check the source.
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Regulated
Climbing · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Rock climbing and abseiling will continue to be allowed at a designated site in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park at Barrenjoey Head. Applications for the authorisation of these activities at other suitable sites within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park may be considered where safety, visitor access, environmental, and cultural heritage assessments have demonstrated that the activity can be sustainably managed and will not impact significantly on park values.
The following conditions will apply to rock climbing and abseiling at Barrenjoey Head:
- - participants must minimise environmental impacts to the cliffs and surrounding vegetation and comply with any relevant code of practice
- - consent is required for groups of 10 or more, or for all commercial rock climbing and abseiling activities
- - the safety of participants continues to be the responsibility of participants and their companions
- - new or replacement bolts may only be installed with NPWS consent (NPWS will not install, assess or guarantee bolts or other fixed protection points).
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 29 Jan 2024 · Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island nature reserves Plan of management
In Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Regulated zone
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
These hold everywhere inside the boundary, whether or not a site is marked.
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Prohibited all year
Camping & bivouac · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Table 5 Park use regulations – recreational activities in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Type of activity, Allowed, Note/exceptions
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Camping, Yes, Permitted at The Basin Camping Area and walk-in campsites along the Great North Walk at Brooklyn Dam.
Camping outside these camping areas is prohibited.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 29 Jan 2024 · Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island nature reserves Plan of management
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Prohibited all year
Paragliding · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Table 5 Park use regulations – recreational activities in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Type of activity, Allowed, Note/exceptions
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Hang-gliding, No, Not permitted due to the lack of suitable safe locations and potential risks to other park users.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 29 Jan 2024 · Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island nature reserves Plan of management
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Permit required
Canyoning · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
25 Sporting, recreational and other activities
(1) A person must not in a park—
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(d) organise or engage in any activity or recreational pursuit that involves risking the safety of the person or the safety of other persons or damaging the environment.
Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1)(d), the activities and recreational pursuits to which that paragraph applies include abseiling, base jumping, bungy jumping, rock climbing, parachuting, canyoning, white water boating, paragliding, parasailing and hang gliding. However, the activities and recreational pursuits to which subclause (1)(d) applies do not include caving and cave diving.
(3) A person does not commit an offence under this clause—
(a) for anything done or omitted to be done with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject, or
(b) if a plan of management for a park makes provision for the undertaking of an activity in the park, the person undertakes the activity in the park in accordance with the plan of management.
(4) Despite subclause (3)(b), a person must not undertake an activity in a park if a notice erected in the park or given to the person prohibits the undertaking of the activity.
Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
Published by NSW Government, 4 Jul 2025 · National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019